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Work in the Garden – Prepare your soil this month by working in nitrogen stabilized redwood compost as deeply as you can. If you’re starting a new garden, money spent on a half day’s rototiller rental will...

Looking around the landscape in the middle of winter can be a rather dreary proposition. The cold night temperatures take their toll on frost-sensitive plants and even plants that are considered cold hardy can start to look a bit...

In the winter, Southern California can have days of summer-like temperatures or days of gray clouds and rain. Today is one of those gray, rainy days and seeing an Aloe arborescens in full bloom brightens the scenery just a bit....

Beverly Hills Apple
Have you been wanting to plant a peach or apple tree in your back yard but thought you couldn’t grow them in Southern California? Well, you can! Many homeowners are growing apples, peaches, nectarines, plums...

JANUARY IN YOUR GARDEN
Work in the Garden – Primary tasks this month include planning your spring garden and major pruning of dormant fruit and shade trees, vines and rose bushes. Proper pruning will help control...

Bedding Plants – Cyclamen should now be in full bloom, they are great for those shadier areas. Cut back all perennials. Clean beds and mulch cold tender plants. Replant color bowls, beds and borders with winter annuals such as...

Have you ever wondered why two properties, side by side, can look so different? One is lush and healthy; the other is sickly, struggling to survive and in need of some major TLC? Or maybe you know someone who has a ‘green thumb’...

What's great about San Diego? Well, many things but one in particular is our long summers. Temperatures may be dipping in other parts of the country but not here! We're still enjoying warm summer-like days, they may be getting...

They’re Creepy and they’re Kooky, Mysterious and Spooky…” The opening line to the quirky Addam’s Family song portrays their eccentric, morbid lifestyle. We think it can also apply to some sinister plants in our nursery. How so,...

This class will be our “best of” for the succulents we grow. We will talk about our varieties in detail and also discuss varieties you have planted at your home. Just bring a picture or a sample. Seminars begin at 10:00 am at...

Bedding Plants – As the month closes as the fall season begins, clear the garden of failing summer annuals. Begonias, dahlias, geraniums, marguerites and marigolds have plenty more to give. Pick off spent flowers...

Are you familiar with the “Twilight” fantasy romance series? The handsome vampire, Edward, sweeps the hopelessly infatuated mortal, Bella, off her feet; they fall in love and…I don’t want to tell you the whole story and ruin it...